Re: Talk LIMS #7: Round 8 - Voting! Talk LIMS 7: Challenge 9 Off-center/unique crop For this one, we're going to be focusing on the crop. I want you to think outside the box. Try something different. Don't center on the face, try something unique. Here are a few examples: You can really do whatever you like for this, as long as the cropping is "different". There are no restrictions for this round, except for animation, as always Screencaps For this challenge, you'll be using caps of Henry Andrews, from Vegas Rules: ~ This is an anonymous challenge, so don't go posting your icon anywhere until this round is over. ~ Your icon must not exceed 100x100px. It should be in .jpg, .png or .gif format. ~ You must use only the images provided ~ No animations will be permitted. ~ Submit your icon by sending me (Dragonfly) a PM with the subject line LIMS Round 9 or similar. ~ If you are unable to send PM's, you may use the hotmail address in my profile. Just include TalkCSI in the subject so it doesn't go in the junk folder ~ You may submit only ONE icon ~ If you wish to use your free pass for this round, you MUST send me a PM to let me know. Otherwise it won't count, and you will be disqualified. ~ The deadline for submissions will be Thursday, May 21st. No extensions will be given
Re: Talk LIMS #7: Round 8 - Voting! Love Henry :lol: Won't have much time this week, so I sent in a rough icon.
Re: Talk LIMS #7: Round 8 - Voting! OMG.... Meg ! I love the the unique crop very much !!!And the caps are good !
Re: Talk LIMS #7: Round 8 - Voting! LOVE that challenge, great idea! I admit I don't know who Henry is *hides* but this will be fun.
Re: Talk LIMS #7: Round 8 - Voting! Just a quick reminder to everyone that entries are due on Thursday
Re: Talk LIMS #7: Round 8 - Voting! Just wondered if you knew what time you were going to close the entries tomorrow?
Re: Talk LIMS #7: Round 8 - Voting! Oh gosh, is it tomorrow? :lol: Well, it'll be at least 10 pm GMT, and I could be persuaded to go later Since I'm here, I currently have 4/10 icons.
Re: Talk LIMS #7: Round 8 - Voting! Gah, I finally sent one in - wasn't that easy for me to hit the "submit" button :lol: It was fun, though, can't wait to see all entries!
Re: LIMS #7: Sign-Ups Open! I hope we have until this evening. Kind of a busy week and I'm still finishing up my entry. :S ETA: All in.
Re: LIMS #7: Challenge 9 Voting! Challenge 9 Voting! One person is using their skip for this round. Voting Rules: ~ Absolutely anyone may vote! You don't have to be an 'expert' ~ Vote for the Top 3 of least quality, and the Top 2 of best quality. ~ Votes for least quality Must have a reason, or they will not be counted. Reasons for best quality are strongly encouraged (the following examples may have been "borrowed" from other sources) Good Examples: 34: Text is oddly placed 50: Icon is over sharpened 62: Image is too blurry Poor Examples: 96: I don't like the colour (personal preference) 52: Tiny text/decorative brushes are unreadable (it's supposed to be that way) **Please note: For this round, I'll accept 'poor cropping' (or something similar) as a reason, but not 'cropping is not unique/different' (or similar).** 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 If there are any problems, please let me know right away!
Re: Talk LIMS #7: Challenge 9 - Voting! Wow. Voting here just gets harder every round. All the icons look fab, and I'm really sorry to have to be voting against any of them Least: 8. The text is cute and I love the crop, but he looks a bit blurry around the edges, especially by the eyes, and, in general, he doesn't stand out as much as in the other icons. It feels like there just isn't enough going on in the icon, especially in terms of coloring. 4. I liked the idea for the interesting crop and the coloring inside the circle was very well-done, but the colored circle was rather disconcerting and made the icon seem too cluttered. I think it would have been a much stronger icon if it were all in color. 9. The cyan lighting seems too saturated on the right half of the icon. I like the idea with the fonts, but the combination of the contrasting colors and contrasting fonts together makes it feel too cluttered. Best: 7. Very creative crop and I love the cleanness of the icon. The spazzy lines are a great touch and really fit in with the icon's theme as a whole. The unusual crop creates a lot of open space, and that space is filled very well. 5. I love how well it's lit and the way his head really stands out within the icon. The text ideas are fab, and I love the way it looks like the text is actually coming out of a glowing part of his head.
Re: Talk LIMS #7: Challenge 9 - Voting! Least: 07: The idea was good, but there's an odd line through his head on the left side of the icon. 04: The circular texture left an odd spot of color that doesn't look like it belongs with the icon around Henry's neck. 02: The texture on the bottom of the icon doesn't really fit with the other texture and icon in general. Best: 03 09
Re: Talk LIMS #7: Round 8 - Valera ~ Now Up! Least Quality: 08 - Henry seems a little too blurry to me 03 - The text is oddly placed 05 - Henry seems a little over sharpened Best Quality: 09 - I love the colouring and the text is very cool! 02 - I love the colouring and the paper at the bottom is a neat idea. When I clicked on the thread, it took me to the Valera page, and me, not having voted for a while and it being late, didn't realize I wasn't voting for the right icons